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Director:
Writers:
David Zelag Goodman (screenplay) and
Sam Peckinpah (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 December 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The knock at the door meant the birth of one man and the death of seven others! more
Plot:
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Everyone betrays everyone more (210 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Dustin Hoffman ... David Sumner
Susan George ... Amy Sumner
Peter Vaughan ... Tom Hedden

T.P. McKenna ... Major John Scott
Del Henney ... Charlie Venner
Jim Norton ... Chris Cawsey
Donald Webster ... Riddaway
Ken Hutchison ... Norman Scutt
Len Jones ... Bobby Hedden
Sally Thomsett ... Janice Hedden
Robert Keegan ... Harry Ware
Peter Arne ... John Niles
Cherina Schaer ... Louise Hood
Colin Welland ... Reverend Barney Hood
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
June Brown ... Mrs. Hedden (scenes deleted)
Chloe Franks ... Emma Hedden (scenes deleted)
Michael Mundell ... Bertie Hedden (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (UK) (complete title)
Perros de paja (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Adespota skylia (Greece) [el]
Cães de Palha (Portugal) [pt]
Cane di paglia (Italy) [it]
De galna hundarna (Sweden) [sv]
Köpekler (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Køterne (Denmark) [da]
Les chiens de paille (France) [fr]
Nedzne psy (Poland) [pl]
Olkikoirat (Finland) [fi]
Psi od slame (Croatia) [hr]
Psi od slame (Serbia) [sr]
Sob o Domínio do Medo (Brazil) [pt]
Straw Dogs - det galna gänget (Sweden) [sv]
Straw dogs - De galna hundarna (Sweden) [sv]
Szalmakutyák (Hungary) [hu]
Wer Gewalt sät (West Germany) [de]
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Runtime:
118 min | USA:113 min (R-rated version)
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Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-18 (cut) (1971) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1981) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated (uncut) | Brazil:18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (DVD re-rating) (2004) | Australia:R (original rating) | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:(Banned) (video rating) (1999) | UK:18 (video re-rating) (2002) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R
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Before shooting, Sam Peckinpah instructed Dustin Hoffman and Susan George to live together for two weeks, with screenwriter David Zelag Goodman in tow. Some of their interactions during this period were worked into the film's script. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Amy fires the shotgun at the last attacker both the hammers are in the 'uncocked' position. She would need to pull the hammer of the relevant barrel backwards to cock the gun. more
Quotes:
Amy Sumner: David, give Niles to them. That's what they want. They just want him. Give them Niles, David!
David Sumner: They'll beat him to death.
Amy Sumner: I don't care! Get him out!
David Sumner: You really don't care, do you?
Amy Sumner: No, I don't.
David Sumner: No. I care. This is where I live. This is me. I will not allow violence against this house.
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24 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
Everyone betrays everyone, 12 May 2005
10/10
Author: stpetebeach from St. Petersburg, Florida

It is certainly possible to look at STRAW DOGS as nothing more than a simple story of a man defending his house, his animalistic insides unleashed by a group of Cornish hoodlums. On that level alone it is a terrific piece of film-making backed up with highly textured acting from the two principals. But there are layers and layers and layers in this film, and that is what makes it art, and a masterpiece. Peckinpah himself told people that Dustin Hoffman was the heavy, and the movie was a portrait of a bad marriage. Try watching with those two facts in mind, and the film takes on a whole new complexion. The Criterion Collection two-disc set of STRAW DOGS is excellent, from the Peckinpah documentary to interviews with Susan George and the producer, to the audio commentary track. I agree with other reviewers who stressed that Peckinpah wasn't interested in "solving" problems; he wanted us to look at ourselves, and cringe.

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